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Brother John de Redmer and brother John de Notton (Norton), Dominican friars. de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/69/3444

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Reference
SC 8/69/3444
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Brother John de Redmer and brother John de Notton (Norton), Dominican friars.
Name(s)
de Redmer; de Notton (Norton), John; John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Dominican friars
Nature of request
Brother John de Redmer and brother John de Notton state that when they were at Dunstable, to hear mass in the house of their order there, they were arrested by the Bailiffs and community and thrown into prison, accused of conspiring to rescue Edward II from Berkeley castle. The Bailiffs were ordered to provide information on why they arrested the friars, and provided such information (a transcript of which is attached to the petition) that John and John can only be delivered before the King. They ask that they might be able to come before the King to stand to right according to the law of the land, as they have been in prison first at Dunstable and now at Aylesbury, and are at point of death as a result.
Nature of endorsement
The certification is to come before the council.The Sheriff is to be ordered that if brothers John and John have been arrested and held for the reason given in the petition and for no other, then he is to have the said brothers John and John brought, at their own cost, before the King at the quinzaine of Easter next, wherever he is, to answer to the King concerning the things contained in the Bailiffs' certification, and to do and receive what the court will decide. And this petition, with the said certification, is to be sent before the King then, under the foot of the great seal.
Places mentioned
Dunstable, [Bedfordshire]
Berkeley, [Gloucestershire]
Aylesbury, [Berkshire].
People mentioned
Bailiffs and community of Dunstable
[Edward II], King of England.
Note
The petitioners must have been arrested in 1327, and the petition must date from that year or shortly afterwards.CCR 1327-30 p.156 is dated 11 August 1327.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6881
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.156 (order to the Bailiffs of Dunstable to deliver the friars to Wallingford castle)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107215/

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